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The Course of Beauty is a literary theory work created by Li Zehou, which was first published in 198 1.
The main contents of the book are divided into 10 parts, (1) flying while flying, (2) gluttony in the bronze age, (3) rationalism in the pre-Qin period, (4) romanticism in the Chu-Han period, (5) demeanor in Wei and Jin dynasties, (6) graceful demeanor of the Buddha, and (7). This book is an outline of the history of Chinese aesthetics.
With profound and unique vision and vigorous and concise brushwork, the author covers the whole history of China's aesthetics. From the ancient dragon and phoenix dance totem to the Ming and Qing crafts, this paper describes the occurrence, formation and evolution of China's aesthetic consciousness from a macro perspective, and points out that this is also the accumulation process of national aesthetic consciousness characterized by practical rationality. The book "outlines a general outline" for the history of Chinese aesthetics.
The History of Beauty is divided into ten chapters, and each chapter comments on the artistic spirit of an important period or the development of an art category.
It is not a work of art history in a general sense. Its focus is not on the detailed appreciation of specific works of art, but on organically linking aesthetics, art and the whole historical process with the aesthetic view of anthropological ontology, revealing the functions and influences of various social factors on aesthetics and art, and making a general analysis and explanation of the development of China's classical literature and art.
The author thinks that the change of artistic taste and aesthetic ideal is not determined by art itself, but depends on real life. Therefore, to study the literature and art of an era, we must first examine the social, economic and political conditions of that era. Every chapter of this book follows this ideological framework.
In this book, the author discusses the rise and evolution of painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, calligraphy and other art categories in various times through careful investigation.
Under the full case analysis, this paper points out the artistic spirit of various important contemporaries in highly concise language: literature and art in Han Dynasty reflect achievements and actions; Wei-Jin demeanor and Northern Dynasties sculpture show spirit and speculation; Poems in Tang and Song Dynasties and landscapes in Song and Yuan Dynasties show the state of mind. The literature and art of Ming and Qing dynasties, represented by novels and operas, depicts secular human feelings.